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Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notaa/Notaa  tachniquas  at  bibliographiquaa 


Tha  Inatituta  haa  anamptad  to  obtain  tha  baat 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Foaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  changa 
tha  uaual  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackad  baiow. 


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Colourad  covara/ 
Couvartura  da  coulaur 


I      I    Covara  damagad/ 


Couvertura  andommagia 

Covara  ruatorad  and/or  taminatad/ 
Couvartura  raataurte  at/ou  palllculAa 

Covar  titia  miaaing/ 

La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 


nn   Colourad  mapa/ 


Cartaa  giographiquaa  wi  couiaur 


□    Colourad  init  (i.a.  othar  than  blua  or  blacic)/ 
Encre  da  coulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  noirai 

I      I   Colourad  plataa  and/or  illustrationa/ 


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Planchaa  at/ou  illuatrationa  an  coulaur 


Bound  with  othar  matarial/ 
Rati*  avac  d'autraa  documanta 


T^ght  binding  may  cauaa  ahadowa  or  diatortion 
Plong  intarior  margin/ 

La  r9  liura  sarrte  paut  cauaar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
diatoraion  la  long  da  la  marga  intiriours 

Blank  laavaa  addad  during  rastoration  may 
appaar  within  tha  taxt.  Whanavar  posaibla.  thasa 
hava  baan  omittad  from  filming/ 
II  sa  paut  qua  cartainaa  pagaa  blanchaa  ajouttea 
lora  d'una  raatauration  apparaiaaant  dana  la  taxta. 
mala,  iorsqua  cala  Atait  poasibia,  cas  pagaa  n'ont 
paa  M  filmAaa. 

Additional  commanta:/ 
Commantairaa  suppiimantairas; 


L'Inatitut  a  microfilm*  la  maillaur  axamplaira 
qu'il  lui  a  it*  poaaibia  da  sa  procurar.  Las  details 
da  cat  axamplaira  qui  sont  paut-4tra  uniquaa  du 
point  da  vua  bibliographiqua.  qui  pauvant  modifier 
una  imaga  raproduita,  ot:  qui  pauvant  axigar  una 
modification  dana  la  mithoda  normaia  da  filmaga 
sont  indiqute  ci-daaaoua. 


I      I   Coloured  pagaa/ 


Pagaa  da  couleur 

Pagaa  damaged/ 
Pagaa  andommagiaa 

Pagaa  restored  and/oi 

Pagaa  reatauriaa  at/ou  pallicuiies 

Pagaa  discoloured,  stained  or  foxei 
Pages  dicoiories.  tachaties  ou  piquias 

Pagaa  detached/ 
Pagaa  d«tach*es 

Showthrough/ 
Tranaparance 

Quality  of  prin 

Qualiti  inigaia  da  I'Impression 

Includes  supplementary  matarii 
Comprend  du  material  suppiimentaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Mition  disponible 


|~n  Pagaa  damaged/ 

r~n  Pagaa  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

r~71  Pagaa  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 

I      I  Pagaa  detached/ 

r^  Showthrough/ 

r~]  Quality  of  print  variea/ 

rn  Includea  supplementary  material/ 

r~n  Only  edition  available/ 


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Pagaa  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
enaura  the  beat  possible  image/ 
Lea  pages  totaiement  ou  partiallement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  una  pelure, 
etc..  ont  iti  filmies  A  nouveau  da  fapon  A 
obtanir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmi  au  taux  da  reduction  indiqui  ci-deasoua. 

10X  14X  18X  22X 


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Th«  copy  film«d  h«r«  hae  b««n  reproduced  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

New  Brunswick  Museum 
Seint  John 


L'axampiairii  film*  fut  raproduit  grAca  k  la 
g4n4rositi  da: 

New  Brunswick  Museum 
Saint  John 


Tha  imagas  appearing  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
posaibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specif icatione. 


Original  copiea  !n  printed  peper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
tha  laat  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  imprae- 
sion.  or  tha  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  originei  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illuatreted  imprea* 
sion.  and  anding  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  iiluetratad  impreaaion. 


Tha  laat  recorded  frame  on  eech  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^(meening  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliee. 


Lee  imegee  sith^sntee  ont  4ti  reproduites  avac  la 
piua  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
de  la  nattet*  da  Texempiaira  film*,  at  en 
conformK*  evec  lea  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Lee  exemplairee  orlgineux  dont  la  couvarture  en 
papier  eat  imprimte  sont  filmto  en  commandant 
par  la  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darniAre  page  qui  comporta  una  ampreinte 
d'impraesion  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  selon  le  oas.  Tous  lea  autres  axempiaires 
originaux  sont  fiimte  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiAre  pege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  at  an  terminent  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  dee  symboiaa  suivants  apparaftra  sur  la 
demiAre  imege  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
caa:  le  symbols  —»•  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Meps,  plates,  charts,  etc..  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratioa.  Thoae  too  lerge  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  comer,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framee  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrama  illustrate  the 
method: 


Lee  cartae.  planchaa.  tablaeux.  etc..  peuvent  Atre 
filmia  i  dee  taux  de  rMuction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grsnd  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clich*,  il  est  film*  A  partir 
de  I'angle  supiirieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite. 
et  de  haut  w%  bee.  9n  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Lea  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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With  Notbs  by 
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COL.  JOHN  GORHAM'S  "WAST  BOOK." 
FAC-SIMILES. 

,  The  "  Fac-simile  »  of  a  part  of  the  "  Wast  Book  "  first  appeared 
in  the  January,  1898,  number  of  the  New  York  Genealogical 
and  Biographical  Record,  that  publication  having  printed  notes 
of  It  with  other  interesting  Gorham  records  in  the  April  and  Oc- 
tober numbers  of  1897  The  only  error  that  we  hav"^  discovered 
m  Col.  John  Gorham's  "  Wast  Book"  is  that  he  makes  Capt.  John 
Gorham  the  son  of  John  (see  FacsimUe  No.  I.).  The  Plymouth 
Colony  records  prove  that  his  father's  name  wan  Ralph. 

In  January,   1896,   the  New-England  Historical  and  Gene- 
alogical  /%is<er  contained   the    writer's    notes   of    "Barnstable 
Gorhams,   and  in  the  same  number  was  "  Eben  Parsons  and  Father- 
laaid  Farm,'' by  Mrs.  Susan  E.  P.  Forbes.     "  Eben  Parsons  mar- 
ried Mary  Gorham,  May  1767."     The  "Wast  Book"  was  for  a 
great  many  ye^s  among  the  papers  of  Eben  Parsons,  at  Byfield, 
Mass.     Upon  the  death  of  his  son  Gorham  Parsons,  ii  1844,  this 
book  was  handed  down  through  several  generations  of  the  family 
and  recently  it  came  into  the  possession  of  the  present  owner  Mr 
John  M.  Gorham  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  by  whose  eourtesyThewrhe; 
JecTrds  ^'''''*'"*         fac-simile  to  those  interested  in  the  famUy 

The  stoiy  of  Col.  John  Gorham's  part  in  the  capture  of  Louis- 
burg  IS  bes .  told  by  himself  in  his  letter  to  Sir  WilK  Pepp^X 
Parsons's  Life  of  Pcpperrell,  page  240 :—  FPt-rreii, 

n  T  A- A  " '  Halifax  July  5.  1751 

1  did  your  message  to  our  Governor,  who  siuce  tells  me  he  has  wrote 
vour  honor  I  will  take  the  freedom  to  remind  your  honor  how  I  cam^t^ 
Le  m  that  glorious  expedition  against  Louisburg.^  I  was  sent  up  to  rec^t 
from  Annapolis  Royal,  by  Governor  Mascarene,  as  that  fort  was  thenTn 
great  danger  of  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  e^emy,  and  t^relS^^^ 
being  then  m  embryo,  I  was  importuned  by  Governor  Shirley  andTslreS 
by  your  honor  and  many  more  of  the  council,  to  raise  a  number  of  men 
and  purchase  whale  boats  and  proceed  in  the  expedition,  as  I  did,  S 

ZtrnlT-'""'"^  '^'^  "^'*y  "^  S^'^^  ^«™«  C^«  Wand]  S  y^ur 
honors  packet  in  my  own  sloop,  as  soon  as  the  English  flag  should  be 
hoisted  at  Louisburg.  But  1  was  disappointed  in  tWs,  and  fecered  no 
commission  m  his  royal  regiment.     My  Father  died,  and  most  of  his  reg^ 

roll' Lf '"''^;"*f-  .^"'  ^  '^''''^  y°"  ^«^  g^"°g  ^'  '^-  Commiss  onS 
Colonel  of  my  father's  regiment;  and  I  now  solicit  a  letter  of  recommen- 


"  These  favors  were  granted ;  and  in  respect  to  the  promise  of  sending 
him  bearer  of  despatches  announcing  the  conquest,  it  should  be  remem- 
bered that  it  was  made  before  Warren  joined  the  expedition,  who  had  an 
equal  voice  with  Pepperrell,  in  selecting  a  bearer,  and  would  prefer  a  reg- 
ularly commissioned  officer  of  high  rank  in  the  Navy,  as  being  more  re- 
spectful to  the  King." 

The  widow  of  Col.  John  Gorham,  in  a  letter  written  by  her  to 
Governor  Cornwallis,  dated  "Boston,  June  8,  1752,"  says:  "My 
dearly  beloved  husband  in  his  loyal  service  to  the  King,  has  ex- 
pended his  entire  fortune."  (Bourne  Papers,  Harvard  College  Li- 
brary.) 

Lieut.  Christopher  Gorham,  and  his  brother  Charles,  sons  of  Col. 
Gorham,  were  in  the  "  Gorham  Rangers,"  commanded  by  their  uncle 
Joseph  Gorham,  in  the  expedition  which  captured  Havana,  in  1762. 
Christopher  died  at  Havana,  and  Charles  at  Grenada.  (Bourne 
Papers,  Harvard  College  Library,  and  Facsimile  No.  VI.  contain- 
ing the  Gorham  Family  record.) 

The  "  Bourne  Papers  "  found  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  were  given  to 
the  Harvard  College  Library  by  the  late  Judge  Joseph  M.  Day  of 
Barnstable.  Among  these  papers  there  are  many  letters  written  by 
Major  General  Joseph  Gorham  to  Melatiah  Bourne,  who  was  his 
cousin.  General  Gorham  was  a  younger  brother  of  Col.  John 
Gorham,  his  letters  dated  from  1760  to  1775.  According  to  the 
Memoir  of  this  man  written  in  London,  in  1887,  by  Louis  D'Agui- 
lar  Jackson,  his  commission  as  Major  General  in  the  English  army 
w^ae  dated  28  April,  1790. 

In  one  of  his  letters  to  Melatiah  Bourne,  he  states  that  he  has 
received  grants  of  land  for  the  estate  of  his  brother  John,  and  for 
himself,  for  their  services  in  Nova  Scotia.  He  also  states  that  at 
that  time  his  rank  was  Lieutenant.  It  would  appear  from  this 
statement  that  he  was  at  Louisburg  in  1745. 

The  following  extract  from  one  of  his  letters  shows  that  his  brother 
David  Gorham,  of  Barnstable,  was  an  officer  in  the  1762  expedi- 
tion : — 

"  Bath,  Oct.  24,  1774. 
"A  Captain  Payne,  of  that  regiment  was  Lieut,  to  David  Gorham's 
company  at  the  Havana." 

Otis,  in  "  Barnstable  Families,"  vol.  i.,  page  119,  says  of  William 
Bourne  (brother  of  Melatiah  Bourne)  :  "He  served  in  Gorham's 
Mangers  at  the  taking  of  Louisburg  in  1757.  From  this  it  would 
appear  that  Joseph  Gorham  took  part  in  both  sieges  of  Louisburg. 

Another  item  from  the  letter  written  at  Bath,  England,  October 
24,  1774,  is  of  interest  as  showing  the  feeling  of  the  English  toward 
the  Americans  at  that  time : — 

"  Since  writing  the  above  Col.  Amherst  is  come  to  Bath,  and  by  advice 
of  some  of  the  Court  party  yesterday  from  London,  says  that  a  new  Par- 


Hament  was  painfully  struck  with  a  view  and  with  a  better  character  to 
adop  some  more  favorable  measures  to  satisfy  the  people  of  America 
Yet  they  wan  to  tnm  you  liostonians,  who  are  represeited  at.d  looked 
upon  as  prmcipals  from  the  beginning.  Little  considering  that  if  these 
measures  had  commenced  m  any  other  part  of  the  Continent,  the  same  sor^ 
of  opposition  would  have  been  given." 

At  the  unveiling  of  the  Louiaburg  Memorial,  June  17,  1895. 
Col.  James  Madieon  Whittemore,  U.S.A.,  a  descendant  of  Col. 
John  (rorham  (through  hia  son  Lieut.  Solomon  Gorham  of  Glouces- 
ter, Maes.)  was  placed  in  command  of  the  procession. 

irom  1675  to  1762  five  successive  generations  of  Gorhams,  from 
father  to  son,  who  had  lived  or  were  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass.. 
neld  rank  a,,  military  men. 

Capt.  Benjamin  Gorham,  who  married  Nancy  Hinckley,  in  Bos- 
ton  Nov.  28,  1774,  was  another  son  of  Col.  Shubael  Gorham. 

Capt.  Benjamin  Gorham,  Junior,  also  a  shipmaster,  married  in 
Boston,  February  13,  1809,  Nancy  Kneeland.  The  following 
notesof  the  senior  Capt.  Benjamin  Gorham  may  be  found  in  Mass^ 
chusetts  Historical  Society  Proceedings,  vol.  iv.,  page  219,  and 
vol.  xm.,  page  173 : —  r  o  > 

»n    ^  Ti     •     .    ^    ,  .  "March  6,  1774." 

Capt.  Benjamin  Gorham,  mne  weeks  from  London,  in  the  lirisj  For- 
tune,  brought  28^  cheats  of  Bohea  tea  3on8igned  to  several  persons  here." 

M^itrf^n  "J'^'f  ^'r"'"^  a  number  of  Indians,  ns  is  said  of  his 
Majesty  of  Ocnookorunkogg  tribe,  emptied  every  chest  into  the  dock 
and  destroyed  the  whole  28J  chests." 

Several  generations  of  the  descendants  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Gor- 
ham have  o^yned  plantations  in  Cuba.  Not  long  since  the  Barn- 
stable 1  atriot  had  an  account  of  the  Glean  brothers  as  beinff  de- 
scendants of  this  branch  of  the  Gorham  family,  making  mentioa 
that  these  brothers  are  owners  of  plantations  in  Cuba. 

Our  readers  may  be  interested  to  know  that  a  letter  from  Col 
Joseph  Gorham,  dated  "Fort  Cumberland,"  November  10  1776 
nmy  be  found  in  Kidder's  "Eastern  Maine  and  Nova  Scotia,"  page 

M*._  T.  B.  Akin,  Record  Commissioner  of  Halifax,  published 
Memoirs  of  the  "First  Council"  in  Collections  of  the  Nova  Scotia 
Historical  Society  for  the  years  1879-80,  vol.  ii.  On  pages  2Q  and 
27  may  be  foimd  a  Memoir  of  Col.  John  Gorham. 

One  of  our  expert  genealogists  pronounces  the  "Wast  Book" 
one  of  the  best  antiquarian  finds  of  the  year. 

Of  the  fac-similes.  Numbers  I.  to  IV.   are  extracts  from  the  ■ 
Waste  Book ;  Number  V.  i«  the  title  on  the  cover  of  the  book ;  and; 
Number  VI.  is  the  record  of  Col.  John  Gorham's  family  from  a. 
loose  leaf  found  among  the  same  papers. 


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PETITION  OF  DESIRE  GORHAM. 

The  petition  of  Desire  Gorham,  and  her  sons  James  and  John,  to  settle 
the  estate  of  her  husband,  Capt.  John  Gorham,  in  1675  (see  facsimile  No. 
11.  in  the  article  on  the  Gorham  family,  anU,  pp.  186  to  194)  is  in  *ije 

bciap  Book,  page  120,  Fiyrrouth  Records.  As  she  was  the  daughter 
of  John  Rowland  and  Elizabeth  Tilley,  and  "one  of  the  first  bom  in  Ply- 
mouth,  her  6ig:.ature  is  of  interest.  "  x^e  signature  of  Capt.  John  Gorham 
under  date  ot  1673  may  be  found  in  the  same  "  Scrap  Book,"   page  111, 

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COL.    JOHN    GORHAM'S    "WAST    BOOK"  AND  THE    GOR- 

HAM    FAMILY. 

(Continued  from  Vol.  XXVIII.,  July,  .Sg;,  p.  ,36.  „f  The  Record.) 

*  '  John  Otis  was  born  November  21,  1657.     This  family  came  from 
Hmgham  to   Barnsiable.     He  married,  julv    8,  ,683,  Me  cv   y^un LeTt 

?nhf  M  °'  ^^'''"'''  "^T"  ^"'^  Hannah  his\virefdaSr'of  Ret 
John  Mayo  Mercy  was  born  February  8,  1660;  she  was  sister  of  fI 
qmre  John  Bacon,  father  of  Desire,  who  married  William  Green      John 

?68^  ^ V;  h"'"  ^r/'^^\  ^"^''"^'  J^""^'>'  •^'  '623.  d,ed  January  16" 
1683  ;  in  h,s  will  dated  the  same  year,  he  remembers  his  eldest  daugh- 

Mary,  vv,fe  of  John  Gowm  [Gorham,  also  Hannah  and  ElizabMh.f 
Mary  Otis  married  Col.  John  Gorham.  John  Otis,  born  at  Hingham 
1657,  tnamed  Mercy  (or  Mary)  Bacon,  July  18.  1683.  He  w"  fwem; 
years  representative,  e^hteen  years  commander  of  the  militia  of  "he 
county,  thirteen  years  Chief  Justice  of  Common  Pleas  and  first  JuXe  of 
Probate.  Also  twenty-one  years,  till  his  death,  a  member  of  His  Majesty's 
Council.  One  of  his  children,  Colonel  James,  married  Mary  AH  ne  a 
descendant   of  Edward   Doty,  and  their  son  James,  born  at  Bam   able 

IfTJ  ^\  :7'5'  ^''.  }^r^  P''"°'  "  '"  'h*^  Revolution.     Mercv,  daug!: 
ter  of  the  lattei,  niarried  Gen.  James  Warren  of  Plymouth.     James  o"is 
son  of  John,  Jr..  born    1663,  joi.ied  the  Canada  expeditioJunderS; 

a^ack'n  qSL""  "'  '  "  ^"""'  °' ''"^  ''°^^'  ^"'  "^^  ^'"^^  '"  ^^e 
'"This  seems  to  be  exact.  Stephen  was  born  January  2^  168? 
and  diea  >n  1743.  The  number  of  children  agrees  with  the  reco'rd  pre^ 
served,  but  facts  about  his  trade  and  the  wedding  with  Elizabeth  Gardner 
are  new.  Mr.  Frank  W  Sprague,  writing  from  Florence,  Ital^!  coil 
firms  t.iis  ;  he  also  says  :  "The  story  of  the  beginning  of  the  whaling 
industry  is  of  value,  and  another  proof  of  the  value  of  the  '  Wast  Book  ' 
l^ieut.-Colonel  John  Gorham  having  furnished  whaleboats  to  the  expedition 
ot  1 697- 1 707,  shows  they  probably  had  them  as  early  as  1680.  It  is  here 
shown  his  grandfather  was  in  this  business  at  that  time  " 

"Col.  Shubael  Gorham,  son  of  Lieut. -Colonel  fohn,  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  September  2,  ,686,  and  married,  December  23.  1708  his 
cousin  Mary  rhacher.  daughter  of  Col.  John  Thacher,  of  Yarmouth. 
Col.  Shubael  Gorham  took  an  active  part  in  obtaining  the  grants  made  by 
the  LegKsature  of  Massachusetts  to  the  ollicers  and  soldiers  of  King 
Philips  War  and  was  the  chairman  of  the  committee  for  Nanagansett 
No  7  (now  Gorham  Me.),  which  was  granted  to  the  officers  and  soldiers 
in  the  company  under  the  command  of  Capt.  John  Gorham.  He  was 
Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Massachusetts  Regiment  in  the  Louisburg  expedi- 
tion, commission  dated  February  20,  1744.  He  was  also  Captain  of  the 
nrst  Company,  and  died  at  Louisburg,  February  20,  1745/6.  One  of  his 
oHicers  was  Captain  Edward  Dimock,  whose  sister  married  his  brother 

Col.  John  Gorham  was  the  oldest  son  of  Col.  Shubael,  and  was  born 
li.  Barnstable,  December  12.  1709,  and  married.  March  9,  173 1/2,  Eliza- 

t  New  Kng.  Ui.st.  Gen.  Keg.  11.  284. 


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198  Col.  John  Gor ham's  "  Was/ Book"  and /he  Go/ham  Family.  [October, 

beth  Allyn,  daughter  of  James  Allyn  and  Susannah  Lewis.     He  resided 
in  Barnstable  until  1742.     In  1743  he  was  granted  400  acres  of  land  in 
Gorhani.  Me.,  on  condition  that  he  should  finish  the  saw-mill  and  grist- 
mill that  he  had  begun  there.     He  did  not  become  a  permanent  resident 
there,  however.     In  the  year  1744  he  was  stationed  in  command  of  a 
party  of  provincial  troops  at  Annapolis  Royal,  which  place  being  threat- 
ened by  the  enemy,  he  was  sent  by  Governor  Mascarene  to  Boston  to 
raise  troops  for  its  defence.     While  there  he  was  induced  by  Governor 
Shirley  to  join    the   expedition    then  fitting  out  against  Cape   Breton. 
Having    raised   a   number  of  men   for  that  expedition,  he  received  the 
appointment  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  his  father's  regiment  of  provincials 
and  was  put  in  charge  of  the  whaleboats  which  were  to  land  the  troops. 
On  the  death  of  his  father  at  Louisburg,  he  was  promotsd  by  Gen.  Pep*- 
peiell  to  be  a  full  colonel.      The  following  letter  was   written  by  Col 
Gorham,  July  5,  1751,  from  Halifax,  to  Gen.  Pepperell  : 

"I  did  your  message  to  our  Governor,  who  since  tells  me   he   has 
wrote  your  honor. 

"I  will  take  the  freedom  to  remind  your  honor  how  I  came  to  be  in 
that  glorious  expedition  against  Louisburg. 

"  I  was  sent  up  to  recruit  from  Annapolis  Royal,  by  Governor  Masca- 
rene, as  that  fort  was  then  in  great  danger  of  falling  into  the  hands  of  the 
enemy,  anci  this  expedition  being  then  in  embryo,  I  was  importuned  by 
Governor  Shirley  and  desired  by  your  honor  and  many  more  of  the 
council,  to  raise  a  number  of  men,  and  purchase  whaleboats  and  proceed 
in  the  expedition,  as  I  did,  upon  condition  of  my  having  the  libertv  of 
going  home  with  your  honor's  packet  in  my  own  sloop,  once  the  En<^lish 
flag  should  be  hoisted  at  Louisburg.  But  I  was  disappointed  in  "this 
and  received  no  commission  in  his  roval  regiment.  My  father  died  and 
most  of  his  regiment  at  Louisburg.  But  I  thank  vou  for  giving  me  the 
commission  of  Colonel  of  my  father's  regiment;  and  I  now  solicit  a  letter 
of  recommendation  abroad,  and  assistance  to  carry  through  my  memorial 
to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts. " 

Col.  Gorham  returned  to  Annapolis  after  the  capture  of  Louisburg 
and  received  from  Governor  Shirley  the  command  of  the  New  Kn"-land 
troops  sent  to  Minas  with  Col.  Noble,  but  was  not  present  in  the  en"acre- 
ment  with  the  French  at  Grand  Pre,  where  Noble,  who  was  in  comn^and 
was  killed.     He  had  afterwards  command  of  a  bodv  of  Rangers  composed 
principally  ot  Indians  raised    in    New   Kngland    for  service  in   Acadia. 
Col.  Goiiiam  came  from.  Annapolis  with   the   Rangers   to  Chebucto   in 
June,  1749,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Council  of  Governor  Cornwallis 
and  was  present  at   the  first  meeting,   July    14,    1749-      It  is  uncertain 
whether  he  held  a  seat  in  the  Council  at   Annapolis,  as  there  are   no 
records  of  the  Council  to  be  found  between  1745  and  1749,  and  but  one 
entry  in  1748,  in  which  his  name  does  not  appear.     Cornwallis   however 
assigned  him  a  place  at  the  Board  above  those  gentlemen  who  came  with 
him  irom   England.      He   is    called  Captain   in   the  list   of  Cornwallis's 
Louncil,  which  was  probably  his  rank  in  the  regular  army,  that  of  Colonel 
being  only  militia  rank.      He  was  recommended  to  the 'consideration  of 
the  Government  by  Gen.  Pepperell  for  his  services  at  Louisburg,  and  it 
is  probable  that  the  military  rank  of  Captain  was  th^     conferred  on  him. 
Col.  Gorham's  name   is  among  those  of  the  Col     .;  at  a  meeting  on 
July  II,  1751.     He  must  have  died  soon  after,  fur  an  inventory  of  his 


l897.]  CI.  John  Gorham's  ■■  WasI  Book  "  and , he  Gorham  Family.     ,gg 
eslaie  i,  in  the  SnlTolk  County  Probate  records,  Mass.,  probated  May  7 

so,i:r?Ja'^:Sart'n^o?i?a;iSer™iii:e%^i:^Kir 

He  was  born  in  Barnstable,  May  20    172c  •  was  nerhaL  .7  T        L  ^• 
with   lii?  fatJ.pr   i«  ,^.-  1-    ^'     '^  '  perhaps  at  Louisbure- 

wiL  n  rif.  H^'*'  '  T^'  ^  ''eutenant  of  Rangers  under  Gov.  Corn! 
T^cS  J  H  ^^^'  o^  ''•'''  ^^P''^'"  °^  ^^^"g^'-s  under  Gen.  Amhers°  in 
1758  and  1759.  He  went  to  England  about  this  time  to  endeavo  to 
have  h>s  Rangers  put  on  the  establishment  of  regular  troops  and  wis  th^ 
bearer  of  a  letter  from  Gen.  Amherst  to  Gov.  I  awrence  daled  Amfl  ,0 
1760,  from  which  the  following  is  an  extract  ■  ^      ^  ' 

"  I  send  you  this,  by  Capt.  Gorham,  who  is  lately  returned  from 
England  where  he  has  been,  to  endeavo^  to  get  rank.^nd  to  It  h^s 
company  put  on  the  establishment;  concerning%vhich  Lord  BarrSton 
hasdes.red  my  opinion,  which  I  have  given  him,  as  fkr  a    rektes  cSd 

£   s^rySr^vS' Tft'  'iT ''"  "°  '^"''  '"'  ^'^  '''''  ^^  pUote'd  'a' 
h,H^n  f  It  Lf  ?     ^'  ^  ^'^'■^'  ^^  >'^^  suspended  my  judgment   in  re- 

lation to  the  establishment  of  his  company.      His   is  6ertainlv  fhp  h^J  T 
have  seen  of  Rangers,  but  the  best,  according  to  m     is  no  e  ^irlordinarv 
thing;  however,  if  you  should  think  that  the  augment"n°/of  that  com 
pany.   or  the  establishment  of    two,   would   be  of   any   rea    seJvice^; 
advantage   to  the   Province  of  Nova   Scotia,  I   shall,  upo.    your  aTsU 
recommend  this  affair  to  the  Secretary  of  War  "  answer, 

The  establishment  of    Gorham's'  Rangers   as   regular  troops   under 
Joseph  Gorham  as  Major-commandant,  dates  from  September  2  '  i;6i 

Fn4Inc1       luZ'66T  '•^'^"'"''  ^"^^*"  '^P'^'"^-  he  again'wen't  to 

"    ^°  "7  Tbe^m^ t;^^^^^ 

seat  as  member  of  the  Halifax  Council.     In  17^6  he  was  ircommand  at 
tort  Cumberland.      May  16,  1782,  he  became  a  Colone  ,  and  AprirL 
1790.  a  Major-General,  probably  dying  soon  after  .  ^' 

lemperance  Gorham,  daughter  of  the  second  John,  married  Deacon 
•Stephen  Clap  ot  Scituate,  and  was  the  mother  of  Rev.  Thoma    Clan    who 
was  for  many  years  President  of  Yale  College.     Another  daughter    Mary 
married   Joseph    Hinckley    of  West    Jkrn^table,  a  nephew   oThoS 
Hinckley     Governor  of  Plymouth.      Her  son.    Isaac  Hinckley     was  of 
Harvard  Col  ege  in  1740,  and  a  classmate  of  Samuel  Adams  a^do  her 
distinguished  men.      During  the  Revolution  he  was  an  active  patriot  and 
was  for  rnany  years  Town  Clerk,  and  one  of  the  Selectmen  of  Ba  "stable 
rn,h  n     fh    '"^'""■'  ^^"K'^"'.  '""■•ied  Lieut.  John  Fuller  ;  and  Me  cy 
Goiham,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Lieut.-Col.-John.  married  the  Hon 
Sylvanus  Bourne,  a  wealthy  merchant.      He  was   niany  yeai"  one  of  th^ 
Governor  s  Council,  Register  of  Probate  and  afterwards  Judge  o   Probate 
Joseph    Gorham,    born    February    16,    1654  ;  died   luly    o   7726 
;^T   Tl'ey  hfd"'  ^'"''"''  I-^I^^I^'J'  ^'^"ght-  'ol  Edward-!    k'e'die'd  in 
i.  Sarah,  born  January  16,  1679. 
ii.   Joseph,  born  Apiil'i 5,  1681. 
iii.   Samuel,  born  October.  1682, 


200  Col  John  Gorham's  "  Wasi  Book"  and  the  Gorham  Family.  [October, 


IV. 
V. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 


Joseph 

recorded  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  where 
Sarah  Kirk,  who  died  April  28,  1722 
younger  sister  of  David  Kirk.  David 
called   "gentleman,"  married  Mary 


John,  born  February  28,  1684. 
Desire,  born  April,  1685. 
Isaac,  born  October,  1687. 
Hezekiah,  born  August,  1689. 
Josiah,  born  September  7,  1692. 

above  took   out  a  marriage  license  in  Yarmouth,  which  was 

he  married,  November  9,  1 708, 
She  was  perhaps  a  niece  or 
senior  was  from  Newfoundland, 
According  to  Wymans,  his 
will,  dated  May  25,  1694,  was  proved  April  8,  1698,  leaving  a  legacy  to 
son  David,  and  remainder  to  his  wife  Mary.  Joseph  and  Sarah  had  two 
children  born  in  Yarmouth  :  George,  born  November  5,  1694,  and 
Mary,  both  baptized  3  (1),  1695.  The  history  of  Charlestown,  Mass., 
also  mentions  *' Sarah,  married  Joseph  Gorham,  1708,"  but  leaves  us  in 
doubt  about  the  relationship.     The  children  by  this  marriage  had  the 

family  names.    Joseph  Gorham  married,  second.  Temperance .     The 

inventory  of  his  estate,  April   28,  1743,  by  Daniel  Hawley  and  William 
Lampson,  and  of  his  widow  Temperance  by  same,  December  6,  1743 
and  the  distribution,    1750,    appear  on  the  Probate  Records,  Stratford, 
Conn.     Issue : 

i.  Mary,  born  Yarmouth,  married,    April  27,  1730,   Dr.  Daniel 

Munson  ;  (2)  November  9,  1747,  Benjamin  Arnold, 
ii.   George,  born  Yarmouth,  married  Hannah . 


^H: 


iii.  Joseph,  born  November  17,   1712  ;  married  Hannah 

iv.  Elizabeth,    born     November    i,    1716 ;  died  November 

1716. 
v.   John,  born  July  20,  171S. 

Samuel,  born  July   15,  1724  ;  married  Anne  Grooman, 

cember  8,  1747. 
Hezekiah,  born  March  29,  1728. 
Benjamin,  born  November,  1733. 


VI 


vii. 
viii. 


23. 


De- 


The  names  of  the  wives  of  Joseph  Gorham,  Senior  and  Junior,  were 
unknow.n  to  Amos  Otis.  The  latter  was  discovered  by  Miss  Louise 
Tracey  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  who  found  the  record  in  Yarmouth,  giv- 
ing day  and  month.  She  says  they  removed  to  Stratford,  Conn.,  about 
1717.  Mr.  Henry  S.  Gorham  of  197  Wilson  Street,  Brooklyn,  to  whom 
I  am  indebted  for  the  copy  of  the  "  Wast  Book,"  and  much  of  the  mat- 
ter herein,  has  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Joseph  Gorham,  in  which  he  names 
"my  daughter  Mary  Munson."  The  writer  wishes  to  correct  his  mis- 
takes published  in  the  Munson  Record,  II.  731,  where  thefather  of  Joseph 
is  given  as  James,  and  at  the  same  time  I  may  mention  it  is  now  estab- 
lished that  the  mother  of  Elizabeth  TiUey  was  not  Bridget  Van  der  Veld3 
as  mentioned  on  the  same  page. 

In  the  History  of  Straiford,  I.  219,  we  read  :  "Joseph  Gorham  died 
April  24,  1742,  aged  sixty.  Sarah,  his  wife,  died  April  i8,  1822  [1722J 
in  ye  thirty-seventh  year  of  her  age."  Miss  Tracey  found  the  Record 
1722  ;  the  above  error  is  probably  typographical.  Born  1685,  married  at 
twenty-three  in  1708,  died  at  thirty-seven  in  1722.  The  mark  on  the 
spoon  given  by  Joseph's  will  to  his  daughter  Mary  Munson  :i';s.  on 
above  page  Munson  Record  is  corroborative,  and  is  explained  :  Joseph 
and  Sarah,  Gorham  and  Kirk. 


'i^^ 


if  iy. 


%" 


1897. 


Genealogy  0/  the  Bell  Family. 


201 

Ti8!?s'as"o!lm:^':''  '^^"  ^'""^ '''^'  ^'"'^''^  ^^^«^^^'  '74-^748,  page 

fv,.!ll"  'f^T,^"^'?^^^  ^^^I'  '^"'^"  ^  J°^^P'>  ^^"'•h''^'"  of  Stratford,  in  ye 
County  of  t  airfield  and  Colony  of  Connecticut,  in  New  England/being 
weak  and  indisposed  and  infirmed  in  body  but  perfect  in  mind  and 
memory,  do  ordain  and  constitute  this  my  last  wHI  and  estTment  "n 
manner  and  form  following.  testament,  m 

"  Imprimis.     I  give  and  btcjueatli  my  soul  to  God,  yt  gave  it  me  and 
my  body  I  recommend  to  ye  earth,  to  be  buried   in  decent  chri'stian 

doub  in'i  l^'i^t  1r"''""  "'1  '"^  ^''''""^""  ('^^^'^^f'--  "-"^'d)  nothing 
doubting  but  at  ye  general  resurrection  I  shall  receive  ye  same  again 

by  ye  mighty  power  of  God.     And  as  touching  such  worldly  esfae 

wherewith  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  bless  me  with  in  thi.s  bfe  I 

give  demise  and  dispose  of  ye  same  in  ye  following  manner. 

UM>1.  ,  .T"  I  ?^^  ^"  "'^'  ''^''"'  *''"''  '^^'"S  wife  yt  home  1  now  live  in 
wi  h  y  homelot  belonging  to  ye  same  (or  thereto)  during  my  sd  wife's 
natural  life,  and  after  my  sd  wife's  decease  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween my  sons,  Joseph  Gorham,  John  Gorham,  Sam'l  Gorham,  Hez- 
ekiah  Gorham,  and  Benjamin  Gorham  to  they  and  their  assigns  forever 
I  also  give  to  my  sd  Nvife  [then  recites  several  pieces  of  lilver-nlate" 
describing  the  marks  thereon].  ^        ' 

mark'tT? S    ^  ^'''''  '''  ""^  '°"  ^^""'^^  Gorham  a  silver  two  eard  cup 

"  Item.     I  give  to  my  daughter  Mary  Munson  a  silver  porringer  with 
no  marks,  and  a  spoon  mark't  IS  S  ^  6 

Tcn^^'T'     ^^'''^  my  son  Joseph  Gorham  a  silver  porringer  mark't 
1 »  i  and  a  spoon  mark  t  IJS  r         & 

"  Item.  I  give  my  son  John  Gorham  two  spoons  mark't 
I  likew-ise  constitute  make  and  ordain  my  executors  to  this  my  last 
wil  and  testament.  Temperance  my  loving  wife,  and  my  good  friend 
Ephra.m  Curtis,  and  I  do  absolutely  revoke,  disannul  and  disclaim  all 
wills,  testaments,  legacies  and  bequests  whatsoever,  ratifying  and  con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament 

In  w-itness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this 
2 2d  day  of  Sept.  1741. 

u  D  I     ...  "  (^'?"^d)  Joseph  Gorham. 

rroven  by  temperance  20  May  1742." 


